We now know, for instance, that the rejuvenation of Turritopsis dohrnii and some other members of the genus is caused by environmental stress or physical assault. We know that, during rejuvenation, it undergoes cellular transdifferentiation, an unusual process by which one type of cell is converted into another

Immortality is the single most exciting and most terrifying discovery I think we could make...

Culturally, we'd go from the equivalent of the written word to computers. Imagine how effective our scientists would be if they never grew old and died? But some type of control would have to be put in place or we'd crush ourselves with massive over population.

Maybe make people choose: Fertility or immortality.

Now, one time treatment vs. required medication... totally different conversation.

Silly joke aside about Rush, the jellyfish in question reverts to an infantile state and then resumes life anew. They don't just keep getting older, the fark of the crux is that they can actually become younger and then resume living.

They still die when they starve or are eaten. And certain individuals are unable to undergo the reversal due to certain physical characteristics.

Extant biological knowledge unequivocally states this is impossible. Yet here is a simple jellyfish doing it. Jellyfish DNA is not complicated, and jellyfish cellular structure is very simple. The idea is that we can induce the same process in humans. Then what? Hard to say.

Silly joke aside about Rush, the jellyfish in question reverts to an infantile state and then resumes life anew. They don't just keep getting older, the fark of the crux is that they can actually become younger and then resume living.

They still die when they starve or are eaten. And certain individuals are unable to undergo the reversal due to certain physical characteristics.

Extant biological knowledge unequivocally states this is impossible. Yet here is a simple jellyfish doing it. Jellyfish DNA is not complicated, and jellyfish cellular structure is very simple. The idea is that we can induce the same process in humans. Then what? Hard to say.

Silly joke aside about Rush, the jellyfish in question reverts to an infantile state and then resumes life anew. They don't just keep getting older, the fark of the crux is that they can actually become younger and then resume living.

They still die when they starve or are eaten. And certain individuals are unable to undergo the reversal due to certain physical characteristics.

Extant biological knowledge unequivocally states this is impossible. Yet here is a simple jellyfish doing it. Jellyfish DNA is not complicated, and jellyfish cellular structure is very simple. The idea is that we can induce the same process in humans. Then what? Hard to say.

History Monks?

That depends. Do I get to learn Deja-Fu?

/My second thoughts say that might be a bad plan.//My third thoughts point out that I'm not sure I can have second and third thoughts, what with being a guy and thus not able to be a Discworld Witch.

Go back to crying over your 1970s space posters, you delusional fruitcake. When the first anti-aging drugs hit the market and you space whackjobs still won't have anything more than that treehouse for adults you call the ISS, you'll see what I mean.

Honest Bender:Immortality is the single most exciting and most terrifying discovery I think we could make...

Culturally, we'd go from the equivalent of the written word to computers. Imagine how effective our scientists would be if they never grew old and died? But some type of control would have to be put in place or we'd crush ourselves with massive over population.

Maybe make people choose: Fertility or immortality.

Now, one time treatment vs. required medication... totally different conversation.

We could go all Kryptonian and have children selectively bred to replace someone when they die from an accident or suicide, but that that just turned them all into socially awkward, emotionally stunted xenophobes. So we've pretty much just skipped the middle man.

Mentalpatient87:Yeah yeah, you're a joke and you're mad about it, I get it. Maybe you can try that "Mars condo/3d printing" bit in a few more Entertainment tab threads to feel better.

Oh so you already picked out your curtains and countertop finish for your Mars condo? Gonna 3D print a living room? Private space your way there? Or going to use the space elevator? Maybe stop over at the souvenir shop in the ISS?

Quantum Apostrophe:Mentalpatient87: Yeah yeah, you're a joke and you're mad about it, I get it. Maybe you can try that "Mars condo/3d printing" bit in a few more Entertainment tab threads to feel better.

Oh so you already picked out your curtains and countertop finish for your Mars condo? Gonna 3D print a living room? Private space your way there? Or going to use the space elevator? Maybe stop over at the souvenir shop in the ISS?

Man, for someone who goes out of his way to shiat all over space exploration, you sure do get touchy about your own pet sci-fi. I should favorite you as "dishes it out, can't take it."

QA finally turns up in a life extension thread... To biatch about space and 3d printing?Nice.

That aside: I don't think immortality has to be out off. I'd simply write a rule that says if you take the magic pill, you have to live someplace besides earths overcrowded surface.There is plenty of room and resources out there, and travel time is less of an issue if the years don't matter.It lets you preserve both the old way of life and death while using immortality where it's needed most.

/plus it forces rich people to invest in exploration, and makes world leaders choose between being oligarchs among the stars or a natural death back home./everyone wins.

TopoGigo:Quantum Apostrophe: Mentalpatient87: Yeah yeah, you're a joke and you're mad about it, I get it. Maybe you can try that "Mars condo/3d printing" bit in a few more Entertainment tab threads to feel better.

Oh so you already picked out your curtains and countertop finish for your Mars condo? Gonna 3D print a living room? Private space your way there? Or going to use the space elevator? Maybe stop over at the souvenir shop in the ISS?

Man, for someone who goes out of his way to shiat all over space exploration, you sure do get touchy about your own pet sci-fi. I should favorite you as "dishes it out, can't take it."

So we don't live longer than we did a hundred years ago? It's all my fantasy? But we're totally gonna live in space. Got it.

Quantum Apostrophe:Go back to crying over your 1970s space posters, you delusional fruitcake. When the first anti-aging drugs hit the market and you space whackjobs still won't have anything more than that treehouse for adults you call the ISS, you'll see what I mean.

Quantum Apostrophe:Oh so you already picked out your curtains and countertop finish for your Mars condo? Gonna 3D print a living room? Private space your way there? Or going to use the space elevator? Maybe stop over at the souvenir shop in the ISS?

Quantum Apostrophe:So we don't live longer than we did a hundred years ago? It's all my fantasy? But we're totally gonna live in space. Got it.

theorellior:Quantum Apostrophe: Go back to crying over your 1970s space posters, you delusional fruitcake. When the first anti-aging drugs hit the market and you space whackjobs still won't have anything more than that treehouse for adults you call the ISS, you'll see what I mean.

Quantum Apostrophe: Oh so you already picked out your curtains and countertop finish for your Mars condo? Gonna 3D print a living room? Private space your way there? Or going to use the space elevator? Maybe stop over at the souvenir shop in the ISS?

Quantum Apostrophe: So we don't live longer than we did a hundred years ago? It's all my fantasy? But we're totally gonna live in space. Got it.

Awwwww, it looks like someone's atoms are feeling old this morning.

Yeah, didn't sleep well last night. The noise from the constant line up at the private space elevator kept me up. And when it wasn't that, it was the neighbor 3D printing a Concorde. Why he needs to print original Olympus turbines I don't know. Ever hear 4 afterburners at 4 in the AM? He printed the fuel tanks "full", of course.

Actually, a bar just opened on my street and I'm starting to see that some people shouldn't live longer and that they would be better off on a place with no air, IMO.